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Dr. Elanford occupied many honourable positions in the scientific 

 •ttorkl, and many were the honoui's conferred upon him. He was 

 twice President of the Asiatic Society of Benp;al, President of tlie 

 Geological Society in 1889-1890, President of the Geological Section 

 of the British Association in 1884, President of the Malacological 

 Society 1899-1900, etc., etc. In 1883 he was the recipient of the 

 Wollaston Gold Medal, the highest mark of distinction at the disposal 

 of the Geological Society; and in 1902 he received from the Royal 

 Society, of which he had been a Fellow for many years, a royal 

 medal in recognition of his memoir on the distribution of animals 

 in India, and of his work in connection with the " Fauna of British 

 India." In 1904 the Companionsliip of the Order of the Indian 

 Empire was confen-ed upon liim by H.M. the King in recognition of 

 his valuable services in India and of work accomplished in connection 

 with that country since his retirement from the public service. 

 Dr. Alcock writes in tlie "Records of the Geological Survey of 

 India": — "No notice of Blanford as a zoologist would be complete 

 that failed to emphasize his telling jiersonal influence and his abundant 

 sympathy with all who were in any way interested in the natural 

 history of this country. It seemed to be natural to apply to Blanford. 

 and natural to Blanford to sacrifice his time to help others. No man 

 ever sliowed a warmer side to the amateur, or was so entirely free 

 from the narrow prejudice of the professional. Of liberal intellect, of 

 just and charitable temper, he was imbued with the true scientific 

 spirit." 



Witli regard to his personality we cannot do' better than quote the 

 words of his lifelong friend, Lieut.-Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen, who 

 says : — " All must have felt the charm of his society. Besides being 

 a naturalist he was a keen sportsman — the one often makes the other ; 

 — with gun or rod in hand no' one enjoyed his day more. It is only 

 in the life spent in camp, with its curious contrasts of pleasure and 

 discomfort, in the hours of walking through the stubbles or standing 

 by the covert-side, that one re-ally gets to know all that there is of 

 good in a friend's nature. William Blanford could enter into such 

 pleasures, and his knowledge of nature had been increased thereby; he 

 will be missed not only as a man of science, but as a friend by many." 

 A list of Dr. Blanford's writings on Mollusca can be extracted from 

 the catalogue of his scientific papers which appeared in the Geological 

 Magazine, 190o, dec. v, vol. ii, [)p. 9-15. We have, however, noticed 

 the following omissions : — 

 1868. On the occurrence of Biplommatina Huttoni and Ennea hicohr in the West 



Indies. (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1868, vol. i, pp. 110-112.) 

 1875. Note on the Molluscan genera Cwlostele, Benson, and Francesia, Pahidillie, 



and on some species of Land Shells from Aden. (Journ. Asiatic Soc. 



Bengal, 1875, vol. xliv, pp. 41-46. Proceedings, 1875, p 138.) 

 1881. Land, Fresh- water, and Estuarine Mollusca. (British Burma Gazetteer 



(Rangoon), 1880, vol. i, pp. 698-716.) 

 1899. On Arlophanta Dali/i, u subsp , from Mysore, ■with a note on Sraricella 



Dussumieri (Val). (Proc. Malac. Soc, vol. iii, pp. 280-283.) 

 1899. N'ote on the Land Mollusca of Bombay. (Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 



vol. xii, pp. 326-328.) 

 1901, Note on Bciiftoiiia, and on an apparently uudescribed si>ecies, B. miincla. 



(Proc. Malac. Soc, vol. iv, pp. 178-179.) 



